Are children shaped mostly by their parents

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1. Are children shaped mostly by their parents? According to Diana Baumrind and Eleanor Maccoby, the answer is yes. Baumrind & Maccoby have defined four different types of parenting styles. They are authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved parenting styles. They also found that these specific parenting styles lead to particular behaviors in their children. Read about these different styles in your textbook.

a) Please explain what type of style(s) that your parent(s) used on you and give specific examples from your childhood and adolescence years regarding your parents' styles.

b) In addition, discuss the behavioral outcomes from these parenting styles & whether you turned out as Baumrind and Maccoby would have predicted. If you did NOT "turn out" as predicted by researchers, then what may account for this discrepancy? Please explain.

c) Finally, what do you think about their parenting theory and their effects on children?

If you are not comfortable describing your parents' styles and discussing how you turned out, then you are welcome to write about another person (e.g., peer, friend, relative).

2. According to the Alzheimer's Association website, "dementia is not a specific disease. It's an overall term that describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of cases" (www.alz.org). It is reported that 50 million people suffer worldwide from dementia. There are many treatments for individuals who have been diagnosed with dementia ranging from behavioral treatments to medications. However a less well-known treatment is reminiscence therapy (RT). For the past decade or so, this type of therapy has been used with the elderly population, particularly those who have dementia.

In 2009, a miniature city was built in the Netherlands to helps those who suffer from dementia. It is called "Hogeweyk" and has been dubbed "dementia village." It is a nursing home where individuals actually reside in the "village."

Please read the following article called "Inside the Dutch 'dementia village' that offers beer, bingo, and top-notch healthcare" from "Business Insider" about "Hogeweyk."

Here's a YouTube video on this dementia village, Hogeweyk

Last year in August 2018, Glenner Town Square opened to the public in San Diego. It is a 9,000 square foot mini-town set back in the 1950's and 1960's. The purpose is to give some comfort to those who suffer from dementia as they are transported back to their childhood or early adult years. You can read more about Glenner Town Square in the article below.

Please read the following AARP article published on December 7, 2018 called "Re-Created 1950s City Helps to Ease Dementia's Grasp."

Please watch this YouTube video on Glenner Town Square

a) What are your initial thoughts about these two dementia facilities?

b) What do you think of the set-up at the Netherlands village (e.g., nursing residential facility) as compared to the San Diego Town Square (e.g., day visit)? Do you like the Hogeweyk village better than Glenner Town Square or vice-versa? If so, then why?

c) Do you have any concerns regarding these facilities? Please explain.

d) If you were afflicted with dementia, would you want to be taken to either of these facilities?

Your answer for EACH question - 450 + words.

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